Excursions
Relais Concorde is located in a place full of history, traditions and wonderful sights, all of them worth experiencing.
For those who want to explore the surrounding areas, we have devised a large number of opportunities of individual or guided tours for you to live unforgettable moments.
They’re not merely tours but routes that join a visit to the most beautiful towns with the possibility of trying new and relaxing activities, or rediscovering old and forgotten ones through real workshops.
Just a few kilometres away there are some of most beautiful villages in the Marche and Abruzzo regions. These places will fascinate you thanks to their many treasures which tell the story of the two regions: Offida, Ascoli Piceno, San Benedetto del Tronto, Rocca Calascio, Castel del Monte, Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Atri are just a few of the jewels you might discover.
Not to mention the natural wonders to admire in awe, such as Campo Imperatore, Costa dei Trabocchi (fishing machines on piles), Stiffe caves or archaeological sites like Alba Fucens or the underground tunnel system beneath the town of Camerano.
Short distance
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO:
Visit to the museum of the sea
At the tourist port you will be served Passerina Spumante Brut, together with some fish-stuffed olives.
Visit some yachts and pleasure boats
Walk on the “Molo Sud” (south pier)
Visit to the fishing port and the famous “Lampare” (fishing light attractors)
half day
2km away
For the enthusiastic ones:
Guided tour of the fish market and fish auction (4.30 am!)
Full-day sea trip on a fishing and pleasure boat
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO:
Visit to the main boulevard of the city with the splendid tree-lined street, full of palm trees.
Guided tour of the street market (Tuesday and Friday mornings). It’s a famous attraction with hundreds of stalls selling shoes, clothes, goods, food, fruits and vegetables
half day
2km away
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO :
Guided tour of the Sentina Natural Reserve. You’ll discover indigenous plants and both migratory and resident birds.
Half day
7km away
SAN BENEDETTO DEL TRONTO:
End of July – Town festival in the honour of “Madonna della Marina” (Our Lady, Star of the Sea), which is a commemoration celebrated with street parties and fireworks.
Half day
2km away
GROTTAMMARE – RELAIS CONCORDE :
Cooking class on:
the secret of making bread – Ascoli-style stuffed olives – San Benedetto-style fish soup – health in the kitchen.
3 hours
at our premises
GROTTAMMARE BORGO MEDIOEVALE:
Visit to the upper side of Grottammare (better in the afternoon or after dinner) with its amazing view of the Adriatic coast.
2 hours
2km away
MONTEPRANDONE: Visit to the medieval hamlet and the San Giacomo della Marca’s shrine.
Half day
7 km away
E MONSAMPOLO DEL TRONTO: Visit to the mummy museum
Middle distance
ASCOLI OR THE CITY OF THE HUNDRED TOWERS:
Guided tour of the city of the travertine – art gallery – Sant’Emidio’s cathedral, Malatesta Fort, the magnificent Piazza del Popolo (people’s square) with its historic Caffè Meletti + the real Ascoli-style stuffed olives with a glass of wine.
Half day
20km away
ASCOLI PICENO: SPETTACOLO DELLA GIOSTRA DELLA QUINTANA: (Celebration of a medieval horse joust)
Twice a year in July and August
Half day
20km away
OFFIDA:
Visit to the historic hamlet, pillow lace museum, church of Santa Maria della Rocca, Serpente Aureo Museum
Half day
25km away
OFFIDA : visita al borgo storico, al museo del merletto a tombolo, alla chiesa di santa Maria della Rocca, al Teatro Serpente Aureo. 25 km ½ GIORNATA
CASTIGNANO : KNIGHTS TEMPLARS’ SAGA AND GREEN ANISE
Tasting of anise-based products – slow-food territory)
half day
30km away
RIPATRANSONE AND ITS RAVINES: visit to the medieval hamlet of Ripatransone, full of history and traditions. Visit the land of ravines with wine tasting
half day
25km away
FERMO AND THE SHOE DISTRICT:
Visit to the medieval city of Fermo (Capitani Palace / Roman cisterns / Hall of the globe)
half day
20km away
Visit to the shoe district of Casette d’Ete + shoe factory (Tod’s – Prada – Guardiani – etc.)
Half day
40km away
AMANDOLA – SARNANO AND THE SIBILLA MOUNTAINS:
Visit to the medieval hamlets and the Sibilla cave – Fiastra lake and Lame Rosse (reddish formation of clay and gravel)
Full day
50km away
ABRUZZO: CIVITELLA DEL TRONTO AND THE SALINELLO GORGE
Walk on a path to the caves, springs and waterfalls.
Full day
40km away
Autumn-Winter
Foliage: Discover the colours of Nature at the Sibillini Mountain Park – Mount Conero Park – Canfaito and San Vicino Beech wood
Half day
max 50km away
CHESTNUT HARVEST AND YOUNG WINE between Umito and Capradosso and tasting of local specialities, mountain sushi (local fish) among them.
Half day
Max 50km away
Mushroom and truffle hunting between Acquasanta Terme – Roccafluvione and Comunanza
Half day
40km away
Visit to the Christmas markets and nativity scenes in medieval hamlets
Half day to Full day
Max 50km away
Gospel concert in a church
On the tracks of the pig and the Marche regional traditions:
Visit to a farm so as to discover how to process pork (in December) and tasting of raw and cooked culinary specialities.
Long distance
GENGA:
Visit to the amazing Frasassi Caves (karst caves) and the Temple of Valadier.
Full day
100km away
LORETO: Visit to the Loreto shrine and the Santa Casa cathedral.
Half day
85km away
ANCONA AND MOUNT CONERO: Visit to the villages of Numana-Porto Novo-Sirolo with great views over the coast and the searocks called “Two Sisters”
Half day
100km away
CASTELLUCCIO DI NORCIA: the moving sight of the blooming (approximately from the second half of June to the beginning of July) + food and wine itinerary “Le Norcinerie” (Local butcheries)
Full day
100km away
RECANATI AND GIACOMO LEOPARDI (Famous Poet): Visit to Leopardi’s birthplace and museum – Colle dell’Infinito (a hill mentioned in his most famous poem) – with a guide
Half day
80km away
SENIGALLIA: SUMMER JAMBOREE (International festival of 40s and 50s American music and culture)
Half day
100km away
ABRUZZO REGION – ROCCA CALASCIO CASTLE AND VISIT THE HAMLET OF SANTO STEFANO DI SESSANIO
Full day
150km away
COAST OF TRABOCCHI (Typical fishing machines) (FOSSACESIA)
Full day
100km away
ITALIAN TRANS-SIBERIAN TRAIN: Slow train trip to discover nice little hamlets in Abruzzo (Campo di Giove-Palena-Rivisondoli-Pescocostanzo)
Full day
150km away
Experiences (THE DO)
- Learn the true recipe for the Ascoli-style fried stuffed olives
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Cooking class on how to prepare bread, grissini (breadsticks) and how to choose the different types of flour
- Cooking class on how to prepare the famous San Benedetto-style fish soup
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Varvest anise in Castignano – slow food territory (at the end of July)
- Harvest pink apples from the Sibillini mountains – slow food territory (in October)
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Harvest grapes (varieties: Pecorino, Passerina and Rosso Piceno) (in September)
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Cheese making with cow or goat milk
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Harvest olives (in October) and olive oil-tasting of the first extraction
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Harvest saffron
- Harvesting of the Sibillini pink apple – slow food presidium (October)
- Cooking class on how to prepare “frustingo” (typical Christmas treat) and “croccante” (salted caramel nut brittle)
From when you enter to when you leave you’ll be pampered with hospitality, kindness and care.
